The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES to Hold its 2007 Annual Meeting and Scientific Session



The 2007 SAGES meeting will include a three-day Scientific Session, six hands-on (lab) courses, three Postgraduate Courses, more than 155 scientific podium presentations, 540 posters, a massive learning center, two named lectureships, multiple expert panels and a state-of-the-art exhibit hall with more than 100 companies showing state-of-the-art equipment and technology.

Fact Sheet:

WHO:    Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
WHAT: 2007 Annual Meeting ( A Part of 2007 Surgical Spring Week)
WHEN: April 18-22, 2007
WHERE: Paris Las Vegas Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada

2007 SAGES MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BY DAY

Program Chair: Steve Schwaitzberg, MD

Wednesday, April 18
SAGES Half-Day Laboratory Course: Endolumenal & Transgastric
SAGES Panel: Reoperative MIS Surgery
SAGES/SLS Panel: Approaches to Solid Organ Resection - The Debates
SAGES Rural Surgery Panel

Thursday, April 19
SAGES Full Day Postgraduate Course: MIS and Cancer
SAGES Full Day Laboratory Course: Masters Course: Common Bile Duct
SAGES Full Day Laboratory Course: Laparoscopic Colon Surgery
SAGES Poster Sessions and Learning Center Open
SAGES Foundation Awards Lunch:
Desmond Birkett, MD; John Abele, Founder of Boston Scientific
SAGES Pediatric Endoscopic Surgery Symposia
Exhibit Opening

Friday, April 20
SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Course: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
SAGES Half Day Postgraduate Lab Course: Surgeon in the Digital Age Video Editing
SAGES Panel: Reoperative Bariatric Surgery
SAGES/AHPBA Joint Session: Ablative Therapies
SAGES TEM (Trans-anal Endoscopic Microsurgery) Lunch Symposium
SAGES Scientific Session
SAGES Frontiers of Medicine Lecture
SAGES Panel: Safety in Bariatric Surgery
SAGES/ASGE Panel: NOTES (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery)
SAGES/AHS Panel: Hernia Debates
SAGES Panel: Endolumenal
SAGES Career Development Seminars
SAGES Poster Sessions and Learning Center Open
Exhibits Open
SAGES Evening Video Session: Rocky Horror Video Complications

SATURDAY, APRIL 21
SAGES Scientific Session
SAGES Presidential Address - Steven D. Wexner, MD
SAGES Karl Storz Lecture in New Technology - Surgeon Responsibility in the Age of Advanced Technology - Richard Heald, MD
SAGES Health Policy Lecture
SAGES Panel: Bariatric Emergencies for non Bariatric Surgeons
SAGES/AHPBA Joint Session: Evaluation of Pancreatic Neoplasms
SAGES Allied Health Course
SAGES/ASCRS Panel: Colon & Rectal Surgery
SAGES Panel: Payment for Innovative Therapies - Debate
SAGES Panel: Innovative Therapies You Will Use in the Future
SAGES Residents and Fellows Scientific Sessions
SAGES/Fellowship Council Lunch
SAGES Poster Sessions and Learning Center Open
Exhibits Open

SUNDAY, APRIL 22
SAGES Scientific Session
SAGES Panel: Evidence Based Medicine - What'ss Behind SAGES Guidelines
SAGES/MIRA Session: Report of Robotics Consensus Conference
SAGES Panel: Real Cases from SAGES Members
SAGES Panel: Legislative Issues
SAGES Gerald Marks Lecture: Safety in Surgery: Water Can Float or Sink the Boat
Lester Rosen, MD
SAGES Emerging Technology Session
SAGES Educators's Lunch
SAGES Full Day Postgraduate Course: FLS - Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery
SAGES/ACS Half Day Joint Symposium: Foregut (Esophageal and Gastric Disease)
SAGES/ACS Half Day Joint Symposium: Simulation/Education





The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES to Hold its 2007 Annual Meeting and Scientific Session




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